Listen "AN INTRODUCTION TO ... 70s/80s ROCK'N'ROLL FOR METALHEADS"
Episode Synopsis
Metalheads should always remember that heavy metal was (partly) derived from rock'n'roll music.
Heavy rock'n'roll provides the same visceral joys as our fave musical form, so, here, The Mighty Decibel shines the light on some of the best in heavy rock'n'roll from the 70s and 80s.
Rip it up!!!
Side 1
(0:00) "Stay With Me": FACES - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink ... To A Blind Horse ('71)
(4:36) "Rip This Joint": THE ROLLING STONES - Exile On Main Street ('72)
(7:00) "Suffragette City": DAVID BOWIE - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust ('72)
(10:25) "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting": ELTON JOHN - Yellow Brick Road ('73)
(15:15) "Little Lady": STATUS QUO - On The Level ('74)
(18:17) "High Class In Borrowed Shoes": MAX WEBSTER - High Class In Borrowed Shoes ('77) (2:32)
Side 2
(22:16) "Hot Legs": ROD STEWART - Foot Loose and Fancy Free ('77) (4:24)
(26:27) "Remedy": ROSE TATTOO - Rose Tattoo ('78) (2:59)
(29:25) "It Wasn't Me": GEORGE THOROGOOD - Move It On Over ('78) (4:03)
(33:28) "Take the Rap": NAZARETH - 2XS ('82) (2:40)
(36:08) "If I Could Only Flag Her Down": ZZ TOP - Eliminator ('83) (3:40)
Heavy rock'n'roll provides the same visceral joys as our fave musical form, so, here, The Mighty Decibel shines the light on some of the best in heavy rock'n'roll from the 70s and 80s.
Rip it up!!!
Side 1
(0:00) "Stay With Me": FACES - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink ... To A Blind Horse ('71)
(4:36) "Rip This Joint": THE ROLLING STONES - Exile On Main Street ('72)
(7:00) "Suffragette City": DAVID BOWIE - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust ('72)
(10:25) "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting": ELTON JOHN - Yellow Brick Road ('73)
(15:15) "Little Lady": STATUS QUO - On The Level ('74)
(18:17) "High Class In Borrowed Shoes": MAX WEBSTER - High Class In Borrowed Shoes ('77) (2:32)
Side 2
(22:16) "Hot Legs": ROD STEWART - Foot Loose and Fancy Free ('77) (4:24)
(26:27) "Remedy": ROSE TATTOO - Rose Tattoo ('78) (2:59)
(29:25) "It Wasn't Me": GEORGE THOROGOOD - Move It On Over ('78) (4:03)
(33:28) "Take the Rap": NAZARETH - 2XS ('82) (2:40)
(36:08) "If I Could Only Flag Her Down": ZZ TOP - Eliminator ('83) (3:40)
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